Racial Justice Motions and Pleadings

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Washington v. Slater

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Motion to Suppress Tangible Evidence

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This pleading addresses involuntary consent to search.

Jury Instructions on Implicit Bias

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Appellant’s Brief-Statutory Maximum Sentence is Unconstitutional Because Racial Characteristics May Have a Played a Role

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Motion to Modify Detention Status

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Brief Challenging Court’s Finding on Consent to Search

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NAACP LDF Complaint

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This pleading addrresses school district illegally strip searching 12-year-old Black and Latina students.

Motion for Court Reporter to Note Race of All Jurors Examined for Selection

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Brief of Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant

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Motion to Reopen Dangerousness Hearing and for Reconsideration of Detention Order

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Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire

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This pleading discusses perspective of youth of color and reasonableness standard.

New Jersey v. Scott, Appellant’s Brief

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This pleading addresses racial bias in the description.

Motion for Discovery and Disclosure of Any Records Used in Connection with the Jury Selection Process

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Sentencing Memorandum

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Sample Detention/Pre-Trial Electronic Monitoring Motion Incorporating Arguments on the Developmental Benefits of Play, Recreation, and Leisure

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This resource is part of the Youth Defender Advocacy Program (YDAP) curriculum, a specialized trial advocacy training program for youth defenders.

Brief on the Merits of Amici Curiae Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and Oregon Justice Resource Center

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Spears v. South Carolina

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This pleading addresses the reasonable Black person standard. Click here to read the opinion.

Motion to Allow Reasonable and Effective Voir Dire on Issues of Race, Implicit Bias and Attitudes, Experiences and Biases Concerning African Americans

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State v. Belcher Opinion

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This case holds that the superpredator theory constituted materially false, and, therefore, unreliable, evidence on which the sentencing court substantially relied and that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the defendant?s motion to correct an illegal sentence.

Memorandum for Disposition Hearing

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Oregon v. Arreola-Botello Opinion

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To read the Amici Brief submitted by Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and Oregon Justice Resource Center, please click here.

Spears v. South Carolina Opinion

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Brief on Behalf of Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner

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Brief for Leave of Appeal to Challenge Waiver to Adult Court

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Memorandum of Law in Support of Alternative Disposition Hearing Requested

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